BETTIE KLINE - PURPLE POCKET BOOK 2012
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BETTIE KLINE - PURPLE POCKET BOOK 2012
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Published by Purple Magazine | 2009 | Softcover | Pocket Edition
Size: 14.8 x 19 cm
Language: English
Condition: Perfect
Bettie Kline is a rare pocket edition of Richard Prince’s artist’s book, originally published in large-format hardcover by Gagosian Gallery in 2009. This special edition was gifted by Purple Magazine to celebrate Prince’s work, which has long served as an inspiration for the publication.
The book focuses on the fascinating intersection of Irving Klaw’s studio and Franz Kline’s art practice. Klaw, based at 212 East 14th Street in New York City, produced pin-up, nudie, and bondage photography, most famously with model Bettie Page. Franz Kline, a close friend of Klaw, often used these models for figure studies. By 1952, Bettie Page became Kline’s exclusive muse, inspiring hundreds of pen-and-ink sketches that remained secret for decades.
This edition offers a unique, intimate glimpse into the connection between model, artist, and photographer, making it a must-have collectible for fans of Richard Prince, Franz Kline, and mid-century American art and photography.
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Intermission exists in the space between documentation and devotion an ongoing archive of cultural fragments that refuse to vanish. Each title within our portfolio is selected not for trend, but for tension: between what was meant to disappear and what insists on remaining.
We work with objects that speak quietly but persistently publications, recordings, and editions that define the undercurrents of art, sound, and design. Together they form a living record of marginal brilliance, a collection that privileges significance over scale.
Every Intermission title is handled as an artifact. We believe that preservation is an act of reverence one that begins the moment you open a cover or unspool a tape.
To experience a piece, do so slowly. Allow the air to touch the paper, let light fall softly over each page. Avoid excess pressure; handle edges rather than surfaces. Each mark, fold, or patina is part of its passage through time evidence of care rather than decay.
We encourage collectors to engage not only with the content, but with the gesture of preservation itself: a quiet commitment to memory.
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Every Intermission title is handled as an artifact. We believe that preservation is an act of reverence one that begins the moment you open a cover or unspool a tape.
To experience a piece, do so slowly. Allow the air to touch the paper, let light fall softly over each page. Avoid excess pressure; handle edges rather than surfaces. Each mark, fold, or patina is part of its passage through time evidence of care rather than decay.
We encourage collectors to engage not only with the content, but with the gesture of preservation itself: a quiet commitment to memory.
If you still have any questions, feel free to contact us.
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